Jugu Abraham

LATEST ARTICLES ( 163 )

• 246. Palestinian Director Elia Suleiman’s Fifth Feature Film “It Must Be...

  

  Elia Suleiman’s fifth feature film It Must Be Heaven is one of four important films made in 2019 with semi-autobiographical components from the life of the... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2020 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 245. Swedish Director Roy Andersson’s Sixth Feature Film “Om Det...

  

  About Endlessness won the 2019 Best Director award at the Venice film festival and the European film award for the best visual effects supervisor. Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2019 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 244. Iranian Director Reza Mirkarimi’s Film “Ghasr-e Shirin” (Castle of Dreams)...

  

  It is rare when a feature film competes in an international film festival and wins not just the top honour for the best film but two other major awards (one... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2019 CULTURE, MOVIES

• “Bacurau” (2019): Refreshingly Different

  

  The first impression of a viewer of Bacurau would be that it is structured in many ways similar to any recent Tarantino film or the way a traditional Hollywood... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2019 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 242. Israeli Director Nadav Lapid’s French/Israeli Film “Synonymes” (Synonyms)...

  

  Synonyms’ protagonist Yoav (Tom Mercier) is an Israeli Jew who grew up with his parents in Israel and has been through the mandatory military training and... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2019 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 241. Japanese Filmmaker and Screenplay Writer Hirokazu Kore-eda’s...

  

  Hirokazu Kore-eda is undoubtedly one of the most interesting film-directors alive and making films today. His talent to write an original script is just awesome. Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2019 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 240. French Filmmaker and Screenplay Writer Stéphane Brizé’s French Feature...

  

  Those who fight might lose but those who don’t fight have already lost. -- Bertolt Brecht (opening quote of the film) At War will pale in comparison to... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2019 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 239. US Independent Filmmaker Debra Granik’s Third Feature Film “Leave No...

  

  Director Debra Granik is an independent filmmaker in USA who works outside the Hollywood studio system. Leave No Trace is her third feature film as a director... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2019 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 238. Italian Maestro Roberto Rossellini’s Film “Stromboli, Terra Di Dio”...

  

  Many cineastes are aware of Roberto Rossellini’s famous work called Stromboli. But how many are aware of its complete title Stromboli, terra di Dio, which... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2019 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 237. Italian Maestro Ermanno Olmi’s Feature Film “La Leggenda Del Santo Bevitore...

  

  Ermanno Olmi (1931-2018) is not often discussed on the same plane as Orson Welles or Andrei Tarkovsky. Yet they have certain similarities in their body of film... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2019 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 236. Japanese Director Naomi Kawase’s Film “Vision” (2018) (Japan/France):...

  

  Most directors yearn to make one film at least that deals with science fiction in their careers; some succeed in making amazing products, most fail to make a... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2019 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 235. US Director and Scriptwriter Paul Schrader’s Film “First Reformed” (2017)...

  

  “Wisdom is holding two contradictory truths in our mind, simultaneously. Hope and despair. A life without despair is a life without hope. Holding these two idea... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2019 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 234. Russian Director Aleksei German, Jr.’s Sixth Feature Film “Dovlatov”...

  

  “Dovlatov was a sex symbol, an Elvis Presley, a legend (in Russia)” – director Aleksei German, Jr., on the writer Dovlatov, in an interview published in Sight... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2019 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 233. Lebanese Director Nadine Labaki’s Third Feature Film “Capernaum” (a.k.a....

  

  “Why are you attacking your parents in court?”—Lebanese judge/magistrate to Zain, a 12-year-old Lebanese, already behind bars for a crime he has committed “For... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2018 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 232. Danish/Irish Director David Noel Bourke’s Third Feature Film “Bakerman”...

  

  Bakerman is an award-winning Danish film that has surprisingly not been picked up for screening by international festivals beyond western Europe and the America... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2018 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 231. Indian Director Praveen Morchhale’s Third Feature Film “Widow of Silence”...

  

  There is always an unusual distinct flavour when a director makes a film on a tale that he or she has written from scratch. Praveen Morchhale’s three films are... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2018 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 230. Vietnamese Director Ash Mayfair’s Debut Feature Film “The Third Wife” (2018...

  

  Debut films of several directors worldwide have often been unforgettable, even when compared to their later works: Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane, Satyajit Ray’s... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2018 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 229. The Late Chinese Director Bo Hu’s Debut and Final Film “Da Xiang Xi Die Er...

  

  It is not easy to sit through any feature film that is nearly 4 hours long; more so if the characters in the film are dour, unexceptional, and behave like the... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2018 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 228. Turkish Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Film “Ahlat Agaci” (The Wild Pear Tree...

  

  Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan is one of the most distinguished filmmakers alive and The Wild Pear Tree is arguably one of his best works to date, currently on... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2018 CULTURE, MOVIES

• 227. Italian Director Valerio Zurlini’s Last Film “Il Deserto Dei Tartari” (The...

  

  “In life, everyone has to accept the role that was destined for him” –words spoken in the film The Desert of the Tartars, words that best describe the essence o... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2018 CULTURE, MOVIES